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Digital Identifiers (Technologies) |
| Author: | Thomas A. Phelps and Robert Wilensky |
| Abstract: | This article discusses the advantages of building permissive, robust digital library systems and services as opposed to the traditional strict, but fragile systems. The permissive, robust approach has been applied to two related problems of reference in distributed information systems: robust hyperlinks (provides persistent reference to networked resources) and robust locations (references to changing sub-document resources). Robustness is achieved by providing multiple, independent descriptions across boundaries where change is likely to be uncoordinated. This approach provides for the possibility of putting together systems that have most of the desired properties and whose performance degrades gracefully with respect to those properties. |
| Publisher: | Corporation for National Research Initiatives |
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| Date Published: | 2000-07 |
| Source: | D-Lib Magazine July 2000 Vol. 6(7) |
| Resource Type: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Format: | HTML |
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| Rights Management: | Copyright Thomas A. Phelps and Robert Wilensky |
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